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From: Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: tuhs <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Question about Unix adminstration
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:04:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C155AB23-F5B1-4696-BB32-3D4ABDD89FF1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2PYQCqFed+0rRERiC3r9qP-jeu2P8b2bo0JQSBfk5eJtA@mail.gmail.com>

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Evi seems like overkill. By admin, are we really talking about admin, or just standard usage. Ritchie’s install guide and a book like Bourne’s Unix System (my personal favorite) book, or even one of the Kochan books might serve. I know Bourne and Kochan’s books are for later systems, but the bulk of them still apply. The Lion book is a great recommendation.

Will

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 29, 2021, at 8:41 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
> 
> much of what Evi says from an administrator standpoint will apply.  That said if you are running V6 get a copy of the Lion's text.  
> 
> 
> For real synthesis, maje sure your copy is an nth generation xerographic copy😅.  Seriously go to Amazon and get the modern reprint.  
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 12:02 AM Paul Riley <paul@rileyriot.com> wrote:
>> And, as a matter of interest, is there a book for V6?
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> Paul Riley
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 06:28, Scot Jenkins <sj@sdf.org> wrote:
>>> joseph turco <italian.pepe.32@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > I was wondering if there exists a book on Unix administration, specifically
>>> > for v7. I have the Unix programmers book already.
>>> 
>>> Introducing the UNIX System, (c) 1983, ISBN 0-07-045001-3 
>>> by Henry McGilton and Rachel Morgan
>>> 
>>> The book covers V7 and is a general intro to UNIX.
>>> It has one chapter on administration near the end 
>>> of the book.  It covers very basic stuff:
>>> 
>>> * setting the date
>>> * startup/shutdown
>>> * users and groups, su command
>>> * file systems (mkfs, mount, umount, fsck, icheck, ncheck)
>>> * adding devices (mknod)
>>> * dump, restor, tar
>>> 
>>> Overall though this is still a great book on UNIX in general,
>>> even today.  Great tutorials on ed, sed, ex, vi, nroff/troff,
>>> and ms macros make it worthwhile to own.
>>> 
>>> scot
> -- 
> Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-29 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-25 18:53 joseph turco
2021-10-25 19:01 ` Ron Natalie
2021-10-25 19:20 ` Scot Jenkins
2021-10-28 22:01   ` Paul Riley
2021-10-29 13:41     ` Clem Cole
2021-10-29 14:04       ` Will Senn [this message]
2021-10-29 14:32         ` A. P. Garcia
2021-10-29 22:56           ` joseph turco
2021-10-28 22:01 ` Paul Riley

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